Washington: The State Department announced on Wednesday that US officials will visit Doha this week and meet with Taliban representatives as well as "technocratic professionals" from important Afghan ministries. They will also discuss women's rights, economic issues, and security.

Thomas West, a special representative for Afghanistan, and Rina Amiri, a special envoy for Afghan women, girls, and human rights, will visit Astana, Kazakhstan, and Doha, Qatar, respectively, from July 26 to July 31, according to a statement from the State Department.

According to a statement, US representatives will meet with government representatives from Kazakhstan, the Kyrgyz Republic, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan in Astana to discuss Afghanistan. They will also meet with women's rights activists from the civil society, the statement added.

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According to the State Department, US representatives will meet with the Taliban delegation in Doha to discuss humanitarian assistance for Afghanistan, security concerns, women's rights, stabilising the Afghan economy, and efforts to combat drug production and trafficking.

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After a 20-year conflict, the Taliban took back control of Afghanistan in 2021 after NATO and US forces withdrew. During the chaotic evacuation, men could be seen clinging to aircraft as they taxied down runways and thousands of desperate Afghans trying to enter Kabul Airport. 13 US service members and more than 150 Afghans were killed by a Daesh suicide bomber outside an airport gate.

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Last month, a State Department report criticised Republican President Donald Trump and Democratic President Joe Biden for the pullout, which Trump negotiated and Biden oversaw.